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October 5, 2008

End of Banned Books Week

Banned Books Week finished yesterday, but I spoke about it tonight on my radio show. This month I'm planning on doing a second program about voting as well. For those of you over-18, living in the US slackers who haven't registered yet . . . the deadline is about to hit you in the face. DO IT NOW.

The following is ALA's list of the 100 most challenged books in 200-2007. I've bolded the ones I've read and italicized the ones I want to read. Star means I've read parts. I've read 36 total. Of those, I only had trouble with one. My mother searched a long time to find a copy of ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET.

Here's the same for 1990-1999. Most of these are the same, but there's still several differences. For one thing, more of these are directed at adults rather than children.

1.Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz2.Daddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite*3.I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou4.The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier5.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain6.Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck7.Forever by Judy Blume8.Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson9.Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman10.The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger11.The Giver by Lois Lowry12.My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier 13.It’s Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris14.Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor15.Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine16.A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck17.The Color Purple by Alice Walker18.Sex by Madonna19.Earth’s Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel20.The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson21.In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak22.The Witches by Roald Dahl23.A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle24.The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein25.Go Ask Alice by Anonymous26.The Goats by Brock Cole27.The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard28.Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry29.Final Exit by Derek Humphry30.Blubber by Judy Blume31.Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam32.Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George33.Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane34.The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison35.What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters by Lynda Madaras36.Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers37.The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood38.The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton39.The Pigman by Paul Zindel40.To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee41.We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier42.Deenie by Judy Blume43.Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes44.Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden45.Beloved by Toni Morrison46.The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar47.Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz48.Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling49.Cujo by Stephen King50.James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl51.A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein52.Ordinary People by Judith Guest53.American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis54.Brave New World by Aldous Huxley55.Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)56.Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard57.Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole58.What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons by Lynda Madaras59.The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell60.Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume61.Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy62.Crazy Lady by Jane Conly63.Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher64.Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan65.Fade by Robert Cormier66.Guess What? by Mem Fox67.Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut68.Lord of the Flies by William Golding69.Native Son by Richard Wright70.Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women’s Fantasies by Nancy Friday71.Curses, Hexes and Spells by Daniel Cohen72.On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer73.The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende74.Jack by A.M. Homes75.Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge76.Family Secrets by Norma Klein77.Mommy Laid An Egg by Babette Cole*78.Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya79.Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle80.The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney81.Carrie by Stephen King82.The Dead Zone by Stephen King83.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain84.Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison85.Always Running by Luis Rodriguez86.Private Parts by Howard Stern87.Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford88.Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene89.Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume90.Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman91.Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett92.Running Loose by Chris Crutcher93.Sex Education by Jenny Davis94.Jumper by Steven Gould95.Christine by Stephen King96.The Drowning of Stephen Jones by Bette Greene97.That Was Then, This is Now by S.E. Hinton98.Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy99.The Wish Giver by Bill Brittain100.Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

I know this one! Apparently one of the images shows some topless women. Never noticed that and I spend hours with the Where's Waldo? books. Far more pertinent is telling the British their name for WW sucks.